Kid Rock's Bombardier Challenger 600 N71KR flies 40 nm from Windsor to Pontiac in 10 minutes

Kid Rock's Bombardier Challenger 600, tail number N71KR, flew from Windsor International Airport in Canada to Oakland County International Airport in Pontiac, Michigan on Monday, November 9, 2026. The flight departed at 17:53 UTC and landed at 18:04 UTC. It spent 10 minutes in the air.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 40 nm, or 46 miles. The aircraft averaged a ground speed of 236 kt and reached a top speed of 279 kt. Its highest altitude was 4,875 ft. Celebplanes estimates the flight burned about 48 gallons of jet fuel and released about 461 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 1,141 miles. The Bombardier Challenger 600 is a Large-class jet that can fly 3,300 nm without stopping, seats up to 14 passengers, and cruises at Mach 0.82.

This was the first tracked landing at Pontiac for N71KR in the tracked window since August 21, 2026, 80 days earlier. Kid Rock's home base is Oakland County International Airport in Pontiac, Michigan. His usual destinations include Nashville, Las Vegas, Marfa, and Austin. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft visited 14 airports in 2 countries and flew about 8,060 nm. The longest leg in that period was from Nashville to Camarillo on October 29, covering 1,578 nm.

Kid Rock, born Robert Ritchie, is a Detroit-area musician with multiple platinum albums and a history of outspoken political commentary. The flight from Windsor to Pontiac, a short hop of 40 nm, fits a pattern of quick regional movements near his home base. A web search did not find any scheduled public appearance, board meeting, or court date tied to Kid Rock near Pontiac on this date.

The aircraft had been on the ground in Windsor for about one hour before this trip. Its previous tracked flight was a 1-hour, 9-minute leg from Nashville to Windsor on November 9. This flight adds one more short leg to N71KR's record. The aircraft continues to operate from its usual network of airports.

The Bombardier Challenger 600 has a ceiling of 41,000 feet. It was the first business jet with a supercritical wing. The aircraft burns an estimated 280 US gallons of fuel per hour. This flight used about 1 percent of the plane's range. Windsor's longest runway is 9,000 feet at an elevation of 622 feet. Pontiac's longest runway is 6,521 feet at 980 feet.

In the tracked window, N71KR made 40 flights from July 27 to November 9. The most common destinations were Nashville with 12 landings, Flint with 4, and Pellston with 4. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft made 13 flights, spent 21.4 hours in the air, and released about 57,508 kg of CO2.

Recent flights by the same owner include a 2-hour 44-minute trip from Butte to Nashville on November 4 covering 1,270 nm. On October 28, the plane flew from Pellston to Indiantown in 2 hours 55 minutes over 1,129 nm. That same day, it flew from Pontiac to Pellston in 33 minutes covering 182 nm.